Children making a Snowman in the Northeast District
by Ito Takashi
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Format:
- Oban
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
Description
Set in a northeastern district of a Japanese city, this oban print depicts children constructing a snowman amid an urban winter landscape. Ito Takashi frames the scene with surrounding buildings and structures that identify the setting as a residential neighborhood rather than open countryside. The children's figures, wrapped in heavy clothing, work at their task with the focused energy that cold weather and fresh snow demand. Multiple woodblock passes build the tonal range from bright snow surfaces to the darker tones of wooden architecture and bare trees. The inclusion of daily life in a specific named district connects this print to the meisho (famous places) tradition, though here the famous place is an ordinary neighborhood made memorable by a transient moment of winter play.
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Featured in Collections
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Frequently Asked Questions
Children making a Snowman in the Northeast District was created by Ito Takashi (伊東孝).
Children making a Snowman in the Northeast District depicts urban scenes, snow scenes, and children.